CCleaner

A guide to uninstall CCleaner from your PC

This web page is about CCleaner for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by Piriform. Go over here for more info on Piriform. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\CCleaner directory (same installation drive as Windows). The complete uninstall command line for CCleaner is C:\Program Files (x86)\CCleaner\uninst.exe. CCleaner.exe is the CCleaner's primary executable file and it occupies approximately 3.12 MB (3273136 bytes) on disk.

CCleaner is composed of the following executables which occupy 8.63 MB (9053000 bytes) on disk:

CCleaner.exe (3.12 MB)

CCleaner64.exe (5.37 MB)

uninst.exe (147.48 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 3.26 of CCleaner. Click on the links below for other CCleaner versions:

How to delete CCleaner from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is a program by Piriform. Frequently, computer users choose to erase this application. Sometimes this is hard because deleting this manually takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to erase CCleaner is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:

1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category

4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature

5. All the applications existing on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate CCleaner or simply click the Search feature and type in "CCleaner". The CCleaner app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click CCleaner in the list of programs, some information about the application is available to you:

Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about CCleaner, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".

Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.

Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

8. After removing CCleaner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong CCleaner that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling CCleaner using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall CCleaner by Piriform from your PC, nor are we saying that CCleaner by Piriform is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall CCleaner in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.